Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia

Over 70% of the Archiocese is Catholic, while there is over 9,000 Catholics per priest, spread over 109 parishes with the Archdiocese. ==History==

• 25 February 1551: Established as Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Funchal, Portugal • 16 November 1676: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia ==Properties==

• Minor Basilica & World Heritage Church: • Cathedral of Salvador (Sé Basílica Primacial da Transfiguração do Senhor) • Basilica of St. Sebastian, Salvador (Basílica Arquiabacial de São Sebastião, the first benedictine monastery in the New World) • Church of Nosso Senhor do Bonfim, Salvador (Basílica do Senhor do Bonfim) • Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Salvador (Basílica de Nossa Senhora da Conceição da Praia) • Churches • Church of Our Lady of Penha, a national heritage site in Salvador • Church of the Blessed Sacrament of Saint Anne, a national heritage site in Salvador • Church and Convent of Our Lady of the Exile, a national heritage site in Salvador • Chapel of Our Lady of Help, a national heritage site in Salvador • Chapel of Our Lady of the Ladder, a national heritage site in Salvador • Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows on the Ilha de Maré, a national heritage site • Church and Monastery of Our Lady of Monserrate, a national heritage site in Salvador • Church and Hospice of Our Lady of the Good Journey, a national heritage site in Salvador • Parish Church of Saint Bartholomew, a national heritage site in Maragogipe • Residences • Archbishop's Palace of Salvador Former properties The archdiocese abandoned the Church of the Third Order of the Holy Trinity in 1990. The church now houses a social project and Catholic residential community. ==Bishops==

, Archbishop of Bahia, Count of São Salvador. in 2006Photo: Marcello Casal Jr/ABr. Ordinaries ;Bishops • Pedro Fernandes Sardinha (25 Feb 1551 - 2 Jun 1556 ) • Pedro Leitão (23 Mar 1558 - Oct 1573 ) • Antônio Barreiros (20 Jul 1575 - 11 May 1600 ) • Constantino Barradas (23 Sep 1602 - Jun 1618 ) • Marcos Teixeira de Mendonça (25 Oct 1621 - 8 Oct 1624 ) • Miguel Pereira (29 Nov 1627 - 16 Aug 1630 ) • Pedro da Silva Sampaio (6 Sep 1632 - 15 Apr 1649 ) • Estevão dos Santos Carneiro de Moraes (17 Jun 1669 - 6 Jun 1672 ) • Constantino Sampaio (1672 - 1672) • Estevão dos Santos Carneiro de Moraes (15 Apr 1672 - 6 Jun 1672 ) ;Archbishops • Gaspar Barata de Mendonça (16 Nov 1676 - 1681 ) • João da Madre de Deus Araújo (4 May 1682 - 13 Jun 1686 ) • Manoel da Ressurreição (12 May 1687 - 16 Jan 1691 ) • João Franco de Oliveira (9 Jan 1692 - 18 Apr 1701 ), appointed Archbishop (personal title) of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal • Sebastião Monteiro da Vida (8 Aug 1701 - 7 Sep 1722 ) • Ludovico Alvares de Figueiredo (21 Feb 1725 - 27 Aug 1735 ) • José de Fialho (3 Sep 1738 Appointed - 2 Jan 1741) • José Botelho de Matos (2 Jan 1741 - 7 Jan 1760 ) • Manoel de Santa Ines Ferreira (6 Aug 1770 - 22 Jun 1771 ) • Joaquim Borges de Figueroa (8 Mar 1773 - 13 Jul 1778 ) • Antônio de São José Moura Marinho (20 Jul 1778 - 9 Aug 1779 ) • Antônio Corrêa (13 Dec 1779 - 12 Jul 1802 ) • José de Santa Escolástica Álvares Pereira (16 Mar 1804 - 3 Jan 1814 ) • Francisco de São Damazo Abreu Vieira (15 Mar 1815 - 18 Nov 1816 ) • Vicente da Soledade e Castro (28 Aug 1820 - 31 Mar 1823 ) • Romualdo Antônio de Seixas Barroso (21 May 1827 - 29 Dec 1860 ) • Manoel Joaquim da Silveira (5 Jan 1861 - 23 Jun 1874 ) • Joaquim Gonçalves de Azevedo (19 Dec 1876 - 6 Nov 1879 ) • Luiz Antônio dos Santos (13 Mar 1881 - 26 Jun 1890 ) • Antônio de Macedo Costa (26 Jun 1890 - 20 Mar 1891 ) • Jerónimo Thomé da Silva (12 Sep 1893 - 15 Feb 1924 ) • Augusto Álvaro da Silva (17 Dec 1924 - 14 Aug 1968 ), Cardinal in 1953 • Eugênio de Araújo Sales (29 Oct 1968 - 13 Mar 1971 ), Cardinal in 1969; appointed Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro • Avelar Brandão Vilela (25 Mar 1971 - 19 Dec 1986 ), Cardinal in 1973 • Lucas Moreira Neves (9 Jul 1987 - 25 Jun 1998 ), Cardinal in 1988; appointed Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops • Geraldo Majella Agnelo (13 Jan 1999 - 12 Jan 2011 ), Cardinal in 2001 • Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger (12 Jan 2011 - 11 Mar 2020 ) • Sérgio da Rocha (11 Mar 2020 - current), Cardinal in 2016 Coadjutor archbishop • João de Souza Lima (1980-1981), did not succeed to see Auxiliary bishops • Manoel dos Santos Pereira (1890-1893), appointed Bishop of Olinda • Antônio de Mendonça Monteiro (1950-1957), appointed Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia • José Terceiro de Sousa (1955-1957), appointed Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas • Walfrido Teixeira Vieira (1961-1965), appointed Bishop of Sobral, Ceara • Adriano Mandarino Hypólito, O.F.M. (1962-1966), appointed Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro • Valfredo Bernardo Tepe, O.F.M. (1967-1971), appointed Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia • Ângelo Domingos Salvador, O.F.M. Cap. (1981-1986), appointed Prelate of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul • Carlos José Boaventura Kloppenburg, O.F.M. (1982-1986), appointed Bishop of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul • José Carlos Melo, C.M. (1991-2000), became Archbishop (personal title) in 1999; appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas • José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques (1991-1999), appointed Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara • Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo (1998-2004), appointed Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais • Dominique Marie Jean Denis You (2002-2006), appointed Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia • Josafá Menezes da Silva (2005-2010), appointed Bishop of Barreiras, Bahia • João Carlos Petrini (2005-2010), appointed Bishop of Camaçari, Bahia • Gregório Paixão Neto (2006-2012), appointed Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro • Gilson Andrade da Silva (2011-2018), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro • Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C. (2012-2014), appointed Bishop of Estância, Sergipe • Marco Eugênio Galrão Leite de Almeida (2013-) • Estevam dos Santos Silva Filho (2014-2020), appointed Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia • Hélio Pereira dos Santos (2016-) • Dorival Souza Barreto Júnior (until 2025), appointed Bishop of Januária • Gabriel dos Santos Filho (since 2025) • Gilvan Pereira Rodrigues (since 2025) Other priests of this diocese who became bishops • Manoel da Silva Gomes, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Ceará) in 1911 • Miguel de Lima Valverde, appointed Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul in 1911 ==Suffragan dioceses==

• Diocese of Alagoinhas • Diocese of Amargosa • Diocese of Camaçari • Diocese of Cruz das Almas • Diocese of Eunápolis • Diocese of Ilhéus • Diocese of Itabuna • Diocese of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas ==References==